AI Network Strategist – Drug Discovery

About the role

You will drive execution and growth across one or more of Apheris' federated networks, including scaling existing networks and/or helping build new ones from the ground up. This is a high-ownership, customer-facing role where you will drive structured progress across complex, multi-party initiatives and ensure that partners, internal teams, and workstreams move in lockstep. You will translate network goals into concrete execution, working closely with business development, ML scientists, and product and engineering teams.

What you'll do

• Scope new network opportunities based on market demand and partner needs, validate concepts with prospective partners, and secure commitments
• Own execution across Apheris networks, working directly with leading pharma partners to turn their data into shared, high-performance models
• Drive federated network management end-to-end, from partner data onboarding and harmonization to model aggregation and delivery
• Define how Apheris networks evolve, including adding new endpoints, expanding to new modalities, and increasing value delivered to partners
• Act as the day-to-day counterpart to partner teams, leading working sessions on model performance, benchmarking results, and deployment approaches
• Bring federated models into real-world usage by driving deployment into partner environments and integration into existing workflows
• Track how models are used across the network and identify opportunities to expand impact across teams and programs

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience in scientific or technical program management, top-tier consulting, partnerships, product-adjacent execution, or similar roles in complex enterprise or multi-stakeholder environments
• Exceptional learning velocity, enabling you to quickly master unfamiliar domains and proactively close gaps in domain-specific knowledge
• Experience working with senior scientific stakeholders from the pharmaceutical and biotech industry
• Strong product mindset, with willingness to engage deeply with products and translate this into better partner outcomes
• Proven ability to build new initiatives from the ground up and run and scale ongoing programs
• Exceptionally high degree of ownership, speed, and reliability
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English

Nice to have

• Strong working knowledge of molecular machine learning and drug discovery workflows
• Experience operating in consortium, network, or multi-party settings, including navigating competing incentives and managing cross-organization governance
• Experience supporting technical product rollouts or customer integrations

What they offer

• Industry-competitive compensation, including early-stage virtual share options
• Remote-first working
• Wellbeing budget, mental health support, work-from-home budget, and learning budget
• Generous holiday allowance
• Office days at Berlin HQ or European location (3x per year)